Daily View, 5/11

Heavy on the videos today... who knows.

• 10 character actors that should be in every movie. Not a bad list, actually. Points for Fichtner. Points off for Scott Caan though. Blech. No Caans. Ever.


• Well, the original 13 minute short version of Bottle Rocket is now online. I am still trying to find someone who can explain why this early Anderson-Wilson effort (and the feature it spawned) isn't a pile of crap. I loved Rushmore and the Royal Tenenbaums... hell, I even enjoyed the deeply flawed Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. But Bottle Rocket has never done a damn thing for me. Too much Wilson? Who can say.


• On to better videos—the One Man Evolution of Dance had me giggling throughout. Love that the running man and the lawnmover were worked in.


• The cardboard foldaway bed seems like a great idea... in theory... hmm...


• It has been revealed that John Lennon invented the iPod in 1968 after taking night classes in electronics (he called it the BeatleBox, although Yoko wanted to call it "iPod").


• The urban jungle: Tyger